Job 9:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”

Job 9:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 9:207 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

אֶ֭צְדָּקʾeṣədāq

cleanseverbH6663

clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···

פִּ֣/יpiy

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑/נִיyarəšiyʿēniy

condemnverbH7561

make trouble · vex · be (commit · deal ···

תָּֽםtām

coupled togetheradjH8535

perfect · plain · undefiled · upright

אָ֝֗נִיʾāniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

וַֽ/יַּעְקְשֵֽׁ/נִיwayaʿəqəšēniy

make crookedconjH6140

(prove · that is) perverse

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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